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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Inventory Costs, Percent

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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Inventory Value, Percent

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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Value Of Accounts Receivable, Percent

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Repayment Of Remaining Long Term Debt

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of loss from reductions in inventory due to subsequent measurement adjustments, including, but not limited to, physical deterioration, obsolescence, or changes in price levels.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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Debt - Credit Facilities (Details)				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Debt - Credit Facilities (Details)	Sep. 24, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 20, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 18, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 17, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 20, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 11, 2020 USD ($) creditFacility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Number of debt financing facilities \| creditFacility													2
Provision for slow-moving and obsolete inventories					$ 62,000	$ 220,000	$ (68,000)	$ 164,000
Credit line borrowings, net of loan origination fees					$ 0		$ 0				$ 1,447,000
Inventory Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Provision for slow-moving and obsolete inventories	$ 40,000
Second Amendment To Inventory Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit									$ 500,000	$ 3,500,000
Repayments of long-term debt		$ 250,000	$ 750,000
Remaining outstanding obligations amount				$ 40,000
Second Amendment To Inventory Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate									5.50%
Second Amendment To Inventory Facility \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate									6.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Inventory Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit												$ 3,500,000	$ 3,000,000
Inventory costs													75.00%
Inventory, net orderly liquidation value													85.00%
Credit line borrowings, net of loan origination fees											1,400,000
Amortized net issuance costs											47,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Receivables Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit													$ 2,500,000
Percent of accounts receivable used as borrowing capacity													90.00%
Credit line borrowings, net of loan origination fees											100,000
Amortized net issuance costs											$ 15,000